Preparing for the play

By ROSE BRACK-KAISER / Missourian

October 16, 2008 | 9:30 p.m. CDT

Mahogany Thomas, center-left, plays a game called "Honey, If You Love Me..." with her cast members in preparation for plays, which she directs, Friday and Saturday at Smithton Middle School. Here, René, center, tries to make Briana Grant, far left, smile.